Sidenor 2021 Sustainability Report. Non-financial information statement

77 in accordance with the Prevention Plan. In the area of equality, our corporate policies enable us to provide all people with the same opportunities and exclude all types of discrimination based on gender, race or religion. In this regard, the well-being of our staff is also a priority for us, and we promote an effective conciliation so that everybody, regardless of gender, might reach a real balance between work and private life. In this sense, we launched a first Equality Plan in 2018, which will last for five years. In addition, we devote each year significant resources to the training of our professionals and provide them with tools such as career plans and continuous training, so that they may develop to their full potential and continue growing hand in hand with Sidenor. We also implement succession plans so that senior professionals might pass on their knowledge and experience to young hires. Thanks to these measures, we have become one of the ten companies with the best corporate reputation in the Basque Country – an Sidenor staff in figures* 2021 2020 Nº % Nº % Spain 1,802 100% 1,633 100% Permanent contracts 1,411 78% 1,446 89% Temporary contracts 391 22% 187 11% Women 163 9% 148 9% Men 1,639 91% 1,485 91% Full-time contracts completa 1,723 96% 1,536 94% Part-time contracts 79 4% 97 6% Age category below 30 years años 84 5% 44 3% Women 19 14 Men 65 30 Age category between 30 and 50 years 1,200 67% 1,046 64% Women 113 101 Men 1,087 945 Age category above 50 years 518 29% 543 33% Women 31 33 Men 487 510 * Employment at Sidenor at the end of 2021 and 2020 achievement we are proud of, but want to further improve in the future. Sidenor maintains channels of communication and dialogue with its employees, directly as well as through its union representatives in the corresponding bargaining commissions, in order to deal with topics of interest and reach agreements on this matter. The main communication channels are notice boards, information panels, newsletters, the Intranet, face-to-face meetings, events and the complaint channel.